THE CONNECTION OF ETHNOPSYCHOGENESIS OF THE TURKIC PEOPLES WITH TRADITIONAL SPORTS GAMES

National sports represent a socio-cultural factor of ethnopsychogenesis as a type of activity. Through traditional types of physical activity, they form the features of ethnic psychology [1]. Among the Turkic peoples, wrestling (kures) is the main national type of sports. Highly appreciating the cultural potential of the national sports heritage of the Turkic peoples, UNESCO has included this type of wrestling in the list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind since 2016. The article analyzes the ethnopsychogenesis of the Turkic peoples through the practice of national sports competitions.